This exhibition is the result of a joint initiative by the Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires and the Parque de la Memoria – Monument to the Victims of State Terrorism. It forms part of the commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of Argentina’s last military coup.

This selection of works from the Museo Moderno’s exceptional collection now on display is not haphazard. It is a set of historic pieces that engage critically and sensitively with the emotional weight of the Parque de la Memoria’s past. La memoria de la colección. El Moderno en el parque [The collection remembers: the Museo Moderno at Parque de la Memoria] offers a journey through the different poetic strategies developed by artists even in times of censorship and on through Argentina’s subsequent return to democracy. In works that question how Argentina has built its identity against a background of the deep social and political divisions caused by the dictatorship, the artists denounce the violence of those years and bring lucidity and sensitivity to the process of working through social trauma.

Half a century on from that institutional breakdown, this partnership reaffirms our institutions’ commitment to Memory, Truth and Justice. We invite you to explore this exhibition not only as an invaluable aesthetic experience but, crucially, as an act of citizenship. We hope these extraordinary works serve to further reinforce our society’s unbreakable commitment to the famous watchword ‘Nunca Más – ‘Never Again’.

(Text by Florencia Battiti, Director of the Parque de la Memoria – Monument to the Victims of State Terrorism & Victoria Noorthoorn, Director of the Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires)